Please Note: All Sessions will be held at The University of Montana campus,
University Center 3rd Floor Theater, North Ballroom & Meeting Rooms

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Date	Time	Activity
Monday Aug 7, 2006	0730 - 0830	Registration & Continental Breakfast University Center 3rd Floor North Ballroom
	0830 - 1700	Validation of global vegetation indicies and their time series. A CEOS Land Product Validation topical workshop
Monday Aug 7, 2006	1800 - 2100	Gloabl Vegetation Workshop WELCOME SOCIAL & POSTER Session * University Center 3rd Floor North Ballroom Staff will be available for early registration, to assist with any questions you might have, and to provide information about Missoula and the region.
Tuesday Aug 8, 2006	0730 - 0830	Registration & Continental Breakfast
	0830	Workshop Welcome - Running Download Running's PowerPoint
	0845	Introduction to Meeting  - Morisette
	0900	International Programs - Townshend/Belward Download Townshend's PowerPoint Download Belward's PowerPoint Download Belward's GMES PowerPoint
	1000 - 1030	Break
	1030	Historic Perspective - Tucker/Justice Download Tucker's PowerPoint Download Justice's PowerPoint
	1130	ATSR / AATSR - Plummer Download Plummer's PowerPoint
	1200	NOAA operational global vegetation products - Kogan Download Kogan's PowerPoint
	1230 - 1400	LUNCH - North Ballroom
	1400	SPOT VEGETATION - Leroy Download Leroy's PowerPoint
	1430	MODIS - Running Download Running's PowerPoint
	1500	MERIS - Plummer/Bicheron Download Plummer's PowerPoint Download Bicheron's PowerPoint
	1530-1600	Break
	1600	MISR - Chopping Download Chopping's PowerPoint
	1630	POLDER/PARASOL - Lacaze Download Lacaze's PowerPoint
	1700	Global SAR and µ wave sensors - Schmullius Download Schmullius's PowerPoint
	1745	Depart for Dinner @ Lubrecht
Wednesday Aug 9, 2006	0800 - 0830	Continental Breakfast
	0830	Societal Benefits: GEOSS - Jones
	0900	Ecological Forecasting - Nemani Download Nemani's PowerPoint
	0930	The CEOS Leaf Area Index Inter-comparison as a prototype activity - Garrigues Download Garrigues' PowerPoint
	1000	Operational global vegetation products profile of Societal Benefits - Sheffner The CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation- Ungar Download Ungar's' PowerPoint
	1030	Break
	1045	Charge to Break-Out groups - Morisette
	1100	Break-Out Groups * (See Below) [co-chairs] rapporteurs Surface Radiation products - [Chopping/Liang] Eric Vermote Vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, PRI, SAVI…) [A. Huete/Xiao] Fred Huemmrich Biophysical variables (LAI/FPAR, LUE/WUE, productivity, biomass) - [Baret/Garrigues] Rama Nemani Landcover (including change and continuous fields) - [Bartalev/Hansen/Herold] Chris Schmullius Fire and burnt area - [Justice / Plummer] Luigi Boschetti
	1200 - 1300	LUNCH - North Ballroom
	1300	Break-Out Groups (Continued) Surface Radiation products Vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, PRI, SAVI…) Biophysical variables (LAI/FPAR, LUE/WUE, productivity, biomass) View this group's PowerPoints Landcover (including change and continuous fields) Fire and burnt area Download Breakout Notes
	1600	Depart for Montana Snowbowl, where you can ride the chairlift to 7,000 feet, hike, and have a great BBQ dinner.
Thursday Aug 10, 2006	0800-0830	Continental Breakfast
	0900	Break-Out Reports: Surface Radiation products - Eric Vermote Download PowerPoint
	0930	Report: Vegetation indices - Fred Huemmrich Download PowerPoint
	1000	Report: Biophysica - Rama Nemani Download PowerPoint
	1000 - 1030	Break
	1030	Report: Landcover - Chris Schmullius Download PowerPoint
	1100	Report: Fire and burnt area - Luigi Boschetti Download PowerPoint
	1130 - 1300	LUNCH - North Ballroom
	1300	Toward future global biospheric monitoring - Running
	1330	Draft synthesis recommendation from the meeting -Belward / Justice Download PowerPoint
	1400 - 1430	Break
	1430	Panel - Reaction to breakouts and future directions IGOL / GOFC-GOLD - Townshend CEOS WGCV- Ungar US/NASA - Sheffner / Morisette NOAA- Kogan ESA –Plummer EU – Belward CNES – Leroy CSIRO: A. Held USGS and USGEO – Jones
	1600	Wrapup - Baret / Morisette Download PowerPoint
	1630	End of MEETING

* Break-Out Sessions will focus on:

• What is currently available and planned for a given parameter
• Current validation activities and/or status
• Opportunities and approach for inter-comparison to ensure continuity and allow for time-series analysis (integrating improved data and products into the existing long-term record)
• Multi-sensor fusion and synergy: combining sensor data temporally and spatially to higher level and operational data products
• Assimilation strategies (i.e. what current of future programs, applications, or models use the variable(s), how they are used, what format do the variables need to be in now and in the future, and how can uncertainty information be incorporated).